Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-13
THE RECEPTION TOMORROW.

The Veteran Firemen of New York
who are to arrive tomorrow, and spend
two days with us, will receive q hearty
welcome from Sacramento The day of
their activity III defending property
against the assault of fire has long since
gone by; their voluntary tasks have been
transferred to men hired by communities.
and the old veterans come to US out of a
past of romance and heroism. The memory
Of the volunteer fremen of America in her
great cities will never die out. As heroic
deeds have been performed in the volun-
teer fire service, and as lofty and unselfish
devotion 10 the public good been manifest
by the fremen Of the old days as ever
characterized the heroes Of battlefelds or
the self-sacrifice of patriots. In some of
the smaller towns the volunteer system is
still maintained, but it is scarcely SO sig
nifcant, or its standard SO high, as prior to
the advent of the steam FIRE engine and
paid departments, because these isolated
volunteer companies are deprived of the
example, leadership and sympathy of
metropolitan fire departments.
While We welcome the old fremen for
the memory of their heroism in the past,
We greet them rs guests of intelligence and
business experience of the present, who
will, for few days view this fair land,
anu receive impressions that must tell for
or against us. 1t is natural that we should
put the best foot foremost, and show
them selected proofs of our claims do
our best, indeed, TO convince them of
the exceeding strong invitation California
extends to home-seeker, and of ell that
lies back of it. All are DESTROYS that these
New Workers should return home with
good report Of us In their mouths. They
are sensible men, and will realize that
there is 4 fair strain of self-interest in our
solicitude to impress them favorably with
California. We should therefore be cir
oumspect in our endeavors to interest
them in the State. The simple truth, the
truth without any concealment or exag-
geration, is all We need to deal in. If we
cannot stand by that, we deserve to suffer
humiliation and rebuke
1t is to be hoped that the people gen
orally will respond heartily and bounti-
fully to the appeal of the Sacramento Ex-
empts for assistance in entertaining these
visitors. Fruits and flowers are asked for
IN quantity, and those who can without
great sacrif e furnish vehicles for couple
Of hours to aid the committees in charge,
in transporting the guests about the city
after the collation., are solicited to do SO.
There are over two hundred and fifty of
the guests; several of them are notably
prominent in business in New York, and
all, We are assured, are people of intelli-
gcnce, experience in business and indus
trial life, and represent good citizenship.
They viii be keenly observant, in the criti-
cal vein, and will form judgments of our
community that must be largely influ-
enced by the character of their reception
and the hospitality we extend. They will
be solicitous to learn all they can of Cali
fornia, and it is therefore desirable that
the thirty citizens specially chosen to be
their escorts should lay aside other matters
and be prompt in attendance upon this
duty, and ready to impart information
without intrusive solicitation. That these
visitors viii be Hospitality entertained,
goes without saying; but, nevertheless, it
must be borne in mind that all those Sc
lected to be foremost as hosts, should each
and everyone serve, and not trust to others
filling their places.